CA- Body (IDd as Celeste Rivas Hernandez) found in vehicle at Hollywood tow yard, abandoned Tesla registered to singer D4vd – 8 September 2025 #2

  • #101
Took her back meaning to Texas— also, he’s muted the audio on two very sus videos on his tik tok since last night. I’m curious if he did it or if the cops going through his socials did to protect evidence.
 
  • #102
One thing too I noticed based off this line of thinking is that CR’s remains were discovered by LE on the 8th, between the 9-10th the decedent was described as belonging to a female with wavy black hair, a Shh tattoo on her finger and 5’2, according to an article in the LA Times. The Tesla is also identified as being registered to D4vd. According to NBCLA, authorities had identified the decedent on September 16th, 8 days after her remains were discovered, but would not release it to the public until they informed her family who they struggled to get in touch with. However, on the 17th, after CR’s name was released to the public, TMZ reported that they received a tip about CR several days beforehand and that her mom suspected that the the remains were that of her daughter. According to a NBCLA article published on the 18th, CR’s brother said the family was aware that his sister knew D4vd and that she was on the way to see a movie with him and was never seen again.

Looking at the dates and info provided by MSM, I do wonder after hearing news of human remains in D4vd’s Tesla, if and when did her family contact LAPD because of how similar the decedent was to CR, the remains were found in a vehicle belonging to D4vd, the guy CR was supposed to go to the movies with when she disappeared and CR was still classified as missing? Even if they had no proof that CR was hurt or the remains were hers, wouldn’t they still get that bad feeling in their gut with the information that came out on the 9th and 10th that would cause them to contact LAPD anyway or to give their information shortly. However, it appears that instead LAPD had trouble contacting them 6 days later on the 16th, unlike TMZ which was able to interview CR’s mother and receive a tip on CR earlier.

I understand that language barriers could have played a role in contacting LE but it was my understanding that the LAPD had a growing language and interpreter services available to help address the communication needs of victims and the community.


I am not trying to victim blame at all and understand people respond to crisis, worry and fear in all types of ways but I did wonder how long after news of the tragic discovery in D4vd’s Tesla did CR’s respond or contact authorities themselves considering that according to the mother the decedent sounded like her daughter and according to her brother CR disappeared when going to movies with him?


Also, I am just wondering out loud but if the remains were in the car for weeks before discovery I wonder why seemingly the odor from decomposition only became noticeable after the vehicle was towed and moved to Hollywood Tow yard? Was there a major change in environment or temperature or something about the way the car, and therefore the remains inside of it, were jostled?

MOO/JMT








Steve Fischer is problematic (for me) largely due to the impression I was left with of him in the Sebastian Rogers case.

JMO CR hasn't been dead since December 2024. I do not find the info that friends and family have made such a drastic shift in their timeline credible. and ONLY this guy is talking about it? Not one of the news orgs covering this case have updated their coverage to include this breaking news?

We were also initially told that CR has been missing since April of 2024. And yet we've seen video of her on September 8 2024 screaming at neighbors from her parents backyard. I'm still waiting for someone to make that make sense. all of this conflicting and "evolving" info coming from family has me seeing them as not credible. JMO there is butt covering going on here, and I am not referring to DAB.

Not familiar with the Sebastian Rogers case, but in this instance both Steve Fischer and Eric Leonard provided some very useful early information about the Tesla’s ticketing and citation history, which helped clarify a key part of the timeline. I think the reason no major outlets have picked up this particular line of inquiry is because, at this point, it is still largely private investigative work and speculation. That said, there is some validity in exploring it, especially given the lack of verifiable digital activity from Celeste beyond a certain date. Until another confirmed timestamp surfaces, it is reasonable to consider that her time of death could fall anywhere between December 2024 and July 2025.

I agree there are definite discrepancies in what has been said by the family regarding when they last saw Celeste. The missing poster listed April 2024, while her brother stated that the last time they saw her was May 2024 when she supposedly got into the car with David to go to the movies. Then we have footage from early June 2024 posted by her cousin at her aunt’s house, and the September 8 2024 video from her parents’ backyard. It is all quite inconsistent and raises fair questions about what exactly was happening within Celeste’s circle during that period of time and now.

Also worth noting that there has been nothing verifiable from or about Celeste online since late 2024, including around Christmas. Some people have claimed she was liking David’s posts in July 2025, but there is no proof that those interactions were actually from her.

For reference, here is the link to Steve Fischer’s X post. Someone called Raven in the comments mentioned having seen footage of Celeste in July 2025, but no evidence has been provided.


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  • #103
I’ve been obsessively going over his socials and honestly- something I’m noticing is that the only dates that come up when referencing her family’s reports of her missing run parallel with times he’s posting things with his family who also live in Texas. Then when she’s in the ‘run away’ periods- he’s always back in Hollywood posting from the house they would eventually find her at.

Which is obviously so disturbing for so many reasons- but it also kind of seems like past Valentine’s Day 2024 - combined with all the info I’ve come across, it doesn’t appear he ever ‘took her back’ from that point on. I think there’s one more trip back to Texas but the energy surrounding the kinds of posts are very different for that one.

Not sure what it points to but it all feels very off.
Very interesting observation. Did you mean beyond Valentine, 2025?
I’ve been obsessively going over his socials and honestly- something I’m noticing is that the only dates that come up when referencing her family’s reports of her missing run parallel with times he’s posting things with his family who also live in Texas. Then when she’s in the ‘run away’ periods- he’s always back in Hollywood posting from the house they would eventually find her at.

Which is obviously so disturbing for so many reasons- but it also kind of seems like past Valentine’s Day 2024 - combined with all the info I’ve come across, it doesn’t appear he ever ‘took her back’ from that point on. I think there’s one more trip back to Texas but the energy surrounding the kinds of posts are very different for that one.

Not sure what it points to but it all feels very off.

Interesting observation. Perhaps mentally he was checking out. We do see a few posts from what are believed to be her social media accounts showing her wearing a promise ring and sitting in front of david at a restaurant. That was thought to be around July 2024. In that same month there is also an image of her at a party standing behind david, covering her mouth and wearing a matching head scarf. And then after that, nothing. From his side we start to see the older Celeste make an appearance again around April 2025.
 
  • #104
There is of course another possibility that would mean that D4vd is... well there isn't a better word than 'innocent.' In her death and disposal.

We know he toured for months in and out of the U.S during the time between her going missing in April 2024 and being found September 2025.

There are unverified SM suggesting she did come along to some U.S shows, and maybe went to family for some of the time. All the same, I can't see him dragging her to every stop, just seems risky to travel that much with a missing minor, particularly taking her outside the US.

So where was she staying when he was out of L.A? Is it possible he left her at his house when he was touring? Likely with whatever parts of his hard partying circle didn't come with him.

We are trying to find the small gaps in his schedule that would allow him to kill or be in L.A when she died.

But I can imagine a overdose happening at his house when he wasn't there. Their circle knew she's missing and underage. So they don't call the cops/ambulance. They pick a the closest place to hide her out the house (the half abandoned Tesla which probably had the keys hanging up somewhere). They don't want to frame him. It's about buying time to gtfo from the whole situation. Which is why the car also stopped getting moved around at that time.

D4vd could habe been oblivious (his schedule in August flat out) . After she's found/named he does the smart thing and stfu because wtf is he going to stay? That's still his criminally underaged SA victim. Even if he wasn't involved in her death, he's still criminally liable for most everything else he did to her.

I'm not seeking to exonerate him or anything.

I just doubt the party stops when he's not there, so an overdose (or foul play) and access to his house/Tesla
 
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  • #105
Very interesting observation. Did you mean beyond Valentine, 2025?


Interesting observation. Perhaps mentally he was checking out. We do see a few posts from what are believed to be her social media accounts showing her wearing a promise ring and sitting in front of david at a restaurant. That was thought to be around July 2024. In that same month there is also an image of her at a party standing behind david, covering her mouth and wearing a matching head scarf. And then after that, nothing. From his side we start to see the older Celeste make an appearance again around April 2025.
Ooh this is interesting too. Something is just so off all over this case it’s truly disturbing. Justice for Celeste 😭
 
  • #106
SF Investigates just posted the parking infringement dates:
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David's closet Instagram account has the first tags of the collab with Kali Uchis on Feb 26 which lines up with those parking tickets, and floods his tags comprehensively after that date. It may have been during activities surrounding the release the car acquired them. I'm not sure of his location on those dates but he looks like he's in a motel shower as opposed to the pictures we have seen of his homes bathroom.
 
  • #107
Not sure if this is allowed here, but someone made a website and another person made a mega-timeline on D4VD and Celeste.

D4VD Mega-Timeline

The D4VD Files

The D4VD files has photos I've never seen before with D4 and Celeste, and the Timeline seems pretty solid.

Again, sorry if it's not allowed but, I came across it.
 
  • #108
For your first point, I would select option 2 as the null hypothesis. All human bodies lose moisture after death. We are largely composed of water. It was very warm in August and relatively dry, so she was desiccating. I tend to believe she may have been in there since early August or even late July - that part is just a hunch,

Right now, they have no CoD, so they can't have MoD either. This is indeed really concerning. There are four main MoD's:

1. Natural Causes
2. Accidents/Misadventure
3. Homicide
4. Suicide

1. Natural Causes

Obviously, if she had medical records from up to age 10, the ME would know whether she had a chronic illness. But people can develop rapid onset of fatal illnesses, even as children. However, this does not seem at all likely to me. If she was as badly decomposed as it appears she was, they would still have been able to test for various conditions (but there could be some they could not diagnose after death).

The problem is that if someone found Celeste dead after a sudden illness - why would they not call 911? Why would they hide her body? Makes no sense.

#2: Accidents/Misadventure.

The bones should show whether she had ever fallen and hit her head or been struck hard enough by a car to die from it. Apparently, neither of these situations was detected.

She could have gotten into the trunk and closed it, without her phone or a way to get out (this is likely what the Defense would claim if there is no clear CoD).

She could have not known how to swim or been intoxicated and fallen into the pool and drowned. Again, why would the people who found her put her into the trunk??? Makes no sense.

#3 Homicide

Some obvious signs of homicide would have been visible on the bones, even if the flesh was in an advanced state of decomp, such as:

Shootings, Knifings, Blunt Force Trauma to the head, and in many cases Strangulation.

Other forms of homicide would be very difficult to deduce, if there are only bones:

Suffocation, drowning, poisoning. Maybe you all can help me think of others for these various categories.

It's driving me crazy to think that they may never know the Cause of Death. What if the toxicology panel comes back clean? Or simply detects use of alcohol? Or cannabis? Unless there is some drug more capable of killing her (cocaine, meth, heroin, etc) the toxicology panel may not be conclusive either.

Hopefully, they will charge someone with putting the body in the trunk, when they figure out who that was. Could have been more than one person. Hopefully, someone will reveal all during future interrogations when the detectives have more facts.

#4. Suicide

Basically two kinds: ones where you can see bullets were used or the person jumped off something, and ones where it is harder to tell (including drug use).

I really appreciate you bringing the subject up while we are in this information lull. I am trying to stick to what reputable papers have reported based on police information. Let's just say that it seems clear she was not shot to death, nor knifed, nor strangled. There are no signs that she was pushed off something and broke her neck or was concussed. Those would all be easy to ascertain for MoD.

Again, I'd appreciate more speculation on what they might have found, and not found, upon autopsy.

ALL SPECULATION and JMO.

Thank you for this information. What has always niggled at me, and many others I’m sure, is the state that the body was found in. My apologies in advance for the graphic nature of what I am about to say, and if this has been discussed already. I have recently returned to Websleuths after many years of absence and jumped onto the first thread that came up for this case.

Initial reports said that CR was dismembered, some even said that only parts of her were found, and then that evolved into her being in a state of disarticulation due to the level of decomposition.


My questions are:

Why would that be mixed up, or not clearly confirmed and mentioned in the LAPD statement? That distinction would be important to the case. Wouldn’t it also be visible whether the skin and flesh were severed (dismemberment) as opposed to the bones disarticulating under the skin?

Or does the skin over the bones also tear when disarticulation occurs, and wouldn’t a medical or forensic expert be able to tell the difference?

And would her intact body fit into the frunk once rigor mortis had set in?

Also, CR is believed to have had a tattoo that read David in red ink on the inside of her left ring finger.

I wonder why that was not mentioned?

Could it be because parts were missing? How were they able to identify the “shh” tattoo but not the other very distinctive one? Or is that more likely due to uneven decomposition of some areas of the skin?

Thank you and would love to hear thoughts
 
  • #109
He was in L.A. for a good stretch of time, partying and streaming from his place from around July 16 to about July 28. From July 30 into early August, he would’ve been on the road, with only small windows of time to travel back and forth. I think whatever happened to Celeste possibly took place sometime between December 2024 or January 2025 and July 2025.

There were early accounts from Celeste’s friends saying they last had contact with her around the end of July or early August. Steve Fischer also mentioned on the Surviving the Survivor podcast (Oct 1, Ep. 777) that he spoke with her sister, who said her last contact with Celeste was in mid-July. Later, Fischer updated his investigation, saying the family member told him they’d mixed up the date. He posted about this on his X account, I believe. With that correction, and no verified contact or digital activity from Celeste since December 2024, it’s starting to look like she may have died earlier than originally thought.

It’s also worth noting that David seems to have started distancing himself from her around February 2025. In one of his social media posts (possibly TikTok), he said “no Valentine,” and during his interview with Zach Sang in April 2025, while talking about the string theory, he mentioned that he was single.
Interesting. Prior to those comments did he previously state he was in a relationship?
 
  • #110
Interesting. Prior to those comments did he previously state he was in a relationship?

He was alluding to a girlfriend or significant other on social media, posting phrases like “missing my gf” and “I miss her” while he was in the UK and Europe up until July 2024. There is an image of a girl believed to be CR with him at a birthday celebration on July 26, 2024, after his return from abroad. Since that date, no other images of them together have surfaced.
 
  • #111
I feel like the time line is the only way to nail down the case really. He could’ve used a refrigerator if he kept the body before putting her in the trunk for the longer time lines all the way to he panicked and put her there right before he left for tour. Graphic, I know, but Celeste needs justice and only real answers bring that. A time line could honestly clear him too, as much as I think that’s highly unlikely.
I agree that the timeline and any facts surrounding it are crucial.

I personally don't think that the suspects (on my own list) were capable of major subterfuge. I expect that (maybe) they knew to wear gloves while interacting with the Tesla - but at what point in time?

I totally agree with you that the timeline is key. We don't even know how many people could have been/are involved in her disappearance.

IMO
 
  • #112
Thank you for this information. What has always niggled at me, and many others I’m sure, is the state that the body was found in. My apologies in advance for the graphic nature of what I am about to say, and if this has been discussed already. I have recently returned to Websleuths after many years of absence and jumped onto the first thread that came up for this case.

Initial reports said that CR was dismembered, some even said that only parts of her were found, and then that evolved into her being in a state of disarticulation due to the level of decomposition.


My questions are:

Why would that be mixed up, or not clearly confirmed and mentioned in the LAPD statement? That distinction would be important to the case. Wouldn’t it also be visible whether the skin and flesh were severed (dismemberment) as opposed to the bones disarticulating under the skin?

Or does the skin over the bones also tear when disarticulation occurs, and wouldn’t a medical or forensic expert be able to tell the difference?

And would her intact body fit into the frunk once rigor mortis had set in?

Also, CR is believed to have had a tattoo that read David in red ink on the inside of her left ring finger.

I wonder why that was not mentioned?

Could it be because parts were missing? How were they able to identify the “shh” tattoo but not the other very distinctive one? Or is that more likely due to uneven decomposition of some areas of the skin?

Thank you and would love to hear thoughts
AFAIK, major issues among LE agencie are not discussed publicly until more is observed/documented.

There are always "parts missing."

They aren't going to reveal anything in which the people involved in forensics do not all agree. They are not there yet.

LE tends to mention things for a specific purpose (who did what) and not because the public wants to know what particular details mean. They walk a fine line between legality and investigation. It's not easy.

IMO
 
  • #113
One thing too I noticed based off this line of thinking is that CR’s remains were discovered by LE on the 8th, between the 9-10th the decedent was described as belonging to a female with wavy black hair, a Shh tattoo on her finger and 5’2, according to an article in the LA Times. The Tesla is also identified as being registered to D4vd. According to NBCLA, authorities had identified the decedent on September 16th, 8 days after her remains were discovered, but would not release it to the public until they informed her family who they struggled to get in touch with. However, on the 17th, after CR’s name was released to the public, TMZ reported that they received a tip about CR several days beforehand and that her mom suspected that the the remains were that of her daughter. According to a NBCLA article published on the 18th, CR’s brother said the family was aware that his sister knew D4vd and that she was on the way to see a movie with him and was never seen again.

Looking at the dates and info provided by MSM, I do wonder after hearing news of human remains in D4vd’s Tesla, if and when did her family contact LAPD because of how similar the decedent was to CR, the remains were found in a vehicle belonging to D4vd, the guy CR was supposed to go to the movies with when she disappeared and CR was still classified as missing? Even if they had no proof that CR was hurt or the remains were hers, wouldn’t they still get that bad feeling in their gut with the information that came out on the 9th and 10th that would cause them to contact LAPD anyway or to give their information shortly. However, it appears that instead LAPD had trouble contacting them 6 days later on the 16th, unlike TMZ which was able to interview CR’s mother and receive a tip on CR earlier.

I understand that language barriers could have played a role in contacting LE but it was my understanding that the LAPD had a growing language and interpreter services available to help address the communication needs of victims and the community.


I am not trying to victim blame at all and understand people respond to crisis, worry and fear in all types of ways but I did wonder how long after news of the tragic discovery in D4vd’s Tesla did CR’s respond or contact authorities themselves considering that according to the mother the decedent sounded like her daughter and according to her brother CR disappeared when going to movies with him?


Also, I am just wondering out loud but if the remains were in the car for weeks before discovery I wonder why seemingly the odor from decomposition only became noticeable after the vehicle was towed and moved to Hollywood Tow yard? Was there a major change in environment or temperature or something about the way the car, and therefore the remains inside of it, were jostled?

MOO/JMT








One reason could be that all the people who came near the car were in denial or somehow involved in her death. I wouldn't rule it out.

Another would be that initially the body was chilled and, while slowy decomposing, not so smelly

A third would be the nature of the neighborhood. I live in a somehat similar neighborhood in SoCal, don't have a great sense of smell, and it's breezy here. It would have to be pretty strong for me to notice

It's a quiet neighborhood, with almost no foot traffic. Breezes. Uncertaintly on the part of the sniffers. etc.
 
  • #114
For your first point, I would select option 2 as the null hypothesis. All human bodies lose moisture after death. We are largely composed of water. It was very warm in August and relatively dry, so she was desiccating. I tend to believe she may have been in there since early August or even late July - that part is just a hunch,

Right now, they have no CoD, so they can't have MoD either. This is indeed really concerning. There are four main MoD's:

1. Natural Causes
2. Accidents/Misadventure
3. Homicide
4. Suicide

1. Natural Causes

Obviously, if she had medical records from up to age 10, the ME would know whether she had a chronic illness. But people can develop rapid onset of fatal illnesses, even as children. However, this does not seem at all likely to me. If she was as badly decomposed as it appears she was, they would still have been able to test for various conditions (but there could be some they could not diagnose after death).

The problem is that if someone found Celeste dead after a sudden illness - why would they not call 911? Why would they hide her body? Makes no sense.

#2: Accidents/Misadventure.

The bones should show whether she had ever fallen and hit her head or been struck hard enough by a car to die from it. Apparently, neither of these situations was detected.

She could have gotten into the trunk and closed it, without her phone or a way to get out (this is likely what the Defense would claim if there is no clear CoD).

She could have not known how to swim or been intoxicated and fallen into the pool and drowned. Again, why would the people who found her put her into the trunk??? Makes no sense.

#3 Homicide

Some obvious signs of homicide would have been visible on the bones, even if the flesh was in an advanced state of decomp, such as:

Shootings, Knifings, Blunt Force Trauma to the head, and in many cases Strangulation.

Other forms of homicide would be very difficult to deduce, if there are only bones:

Suffocation, drowning, poisoning. Maybe you all can help me think of others for these various categories.

It's driving me crazy to think that they may never know the Cause of Death. What if the toxicology panel comes back clean? Or simply detects use of alcohol? Or cannabis? Unless there is some drug more capable of killing her (cocaine, meth, heroin, etc) the toxicology panel may not be conclusive either.

Hopefully, they will charge someone with putting the body in the trunk, when they figure out who that was. Could have been more than one person. Hopefully, someone will reveal all during future interrogations when the detectives have more facts.

#4. Suicide

Basically two kinds: ones where you can see bullets were used or the person jumped off something, and ones where it is harder to tell (including drug use).

I really appreciate you bringing the subject up while we are in this information lull. I am trying to stick to what reputable papers have reported based on police information. Let's just say that it seems clear she was not shot to death, nor knifed, nor strangled. There are no signs that she was pushed off something and broke her neck or was concussed. Those would all be easy to ascertain for MoD.

Again, I'd appreciate more speculation on what they might have found, and not found, upon autopsy.

ALL SPECULATION and JMO.
BBM

The way I see it, is that she is a runaway, she's 14 years old, and she allegedly had an inappropriate relationship with a grown man. There's 3 reasons, either on their own or in conjunction with each other, as to why you wouldn't call police. If she was dead, there's nothing to be done to save her. If she is alive, there's a lot at stake if she is identified when getting care. I think a large chunk of the people around David must have either known, or had suspicions, that she wasn't a 19 year old college student. There was a lot for people to lose if this all came to light, hence maybe why she was found in a trunk. Hide her away, and try to forget you ever found her, or leave her there while you brainstorm the next step.

MOO
 
  • #115
I apologize as I was assuming D4vd was less than forthcoming with the name of the victim - which could be why it took 9 days to identify Celeste.

But I admit I could be wrong. He may have told police he thought the body may be Celeste but confirmation via several forensic examination / testing, time to notify the family, likely do some urgent investigation before the media gets involved (social and otherwise).

Not to mention that the public really isn’t entitled to know the victim’s name unless/until LE and/or the family agree to the release of that information - unless there are compelling reasons after evaluation by a team made up of a variety of professionals and other concerned people.

Again, I apologize if I misinterpreted the 9-day delay.

you said 'but he says he doesn’t know whose body it may be.'
I was asking for the where/when of that statement.
 
  • #116
I read a short article about D4's female attorney, Blair Berk. [Represnted Harvey Weinstein, Lindsey Lohan, Britney Spears, Kanye West, Mel Gibson, Johnny Depp....]

. She is called 'The Hollywood Fixer' because she works with mainstream media to help Public Relations problems with her clients in addition to representing them in court. It also said she has known connections with TMZ and feeds them information.


Blair Berk makes stars' legal scrapes disappear​


Celebrities flock to Blair's lair when they are in trouble and want to keep it on the down low.

A whip-smart Harvard Law School grad with a hint of the South in her voice, Berk prefers to work under the radar. She will engage with the media, reluctantly, but sees her role as the debunker of bad information.

"In my 20 years of practice, I have never once found it in my client's best interest to have media coverage of their criminal case," Berk said. She considers lawyers who bask in a client's reflected fame to be "cringe-inducing."


just based on her clientele, it doesn't seem she's done such a good job helping their 'public relations problems' (with possible exception of Johnny Depp) IMO
 

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